WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in 'limited' outbreakThree passengers died from hantavirus after a cruise. The World Health Organization believes the outbreak will be limited if precautions ar...
07 May, 2026, 09.50 PM IST
School assembly news headlines for April 14: Top national, international, sports, business update and thought of the dayThe Supreme Court referred Teesta Setalvad's passport plea to a three-judge bench, while Akhilesh Yadav blamed BJP policies for Noida viole...
13 Apr, 2026, 05.19 PM IST
COVID cases up by more than 30 per cent in Britain last week"COVID-19 has not gone away," said Dr. Mary Ramsay, of the Health Security Agency. "It is also sensible to wear a face covering in crowded,...
01 Jul, 2022, 06.42 PM IST
Britain expands Covid jabs to kids aged 5-11NHS England said children in the cohort who were in a clinical risk group or who live with someone who is immunosuppressed would be able to...
31 Jan, 2022, 08.39 AM IST
UK records 313 new COVID-19 deaths, 146,390 casesBritain has seen a surge of cases linked to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in recent weeks, though death rates have been lower than during...
08 Jan, 2022, 10.07 PM IST
Britain approves Pfizer's antiviral COVID-19 pillThe approval comes as the country scrambles to build its defences amid a record hit a daily record of new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, gover...
31 Dec, 2021, 05.46 PM IST
UK reports over 100 new cases of Omicron COVID variantThe early indications are that the Omicron variant of coronavirus is more transmissible than Delta, said British Prime Minister Boris Johns...
08 Dec, 2021, 07.08 AM IST
Why are we neck deep in denial about third Covid wave? A behavioural scientist explainsBehavioural science provides an explanation for how we feel when we are in the heat of the moment, compared to how we feel when we in a 'co...
24 Nov, 2021, 12.14 AM IST
UK reports 41,278 new COVID cases, 166 deathsThe figures compared to 43,467 new infections and 186 deaths reported on Friday.
30 Oct, 2021, 08.48 PM IST
WHO: Europe the only region with rise in COVID-19 last weekIn its weekly assessment of the pandemic released late Tuesday, the U.N. health agency said there were about 2.7 million new COVID-19 cases...
20 Oct, 2021, 02.32 PM IST
UK Parliament panel finds 'big mistakes' in early COVID-19 handlingThe 'Coronavirus: lessons learned to date' joint inquiry by cross-party MPs from the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee and ...
12 Oct, 2021, 05.55 PM IST
Covid vaccine protection begins to fade within six months, say UK researchersUnder a worst-case future scenario, protection could fall below 50% for older people.
25 Aug, 2021, 05.57 PM IST
Britain hits most daily virus deaths in 4 monthsGovernment figures Tuesday showed 96 new virus-related deaths, the highest since March 24. The UK also recorded 46,558 confirmed cases. The...
21 Jul, 2021, 07.40 AM IST
British health minister Sajid Javid tests positive for COVID-19"This morning I tested positive for COVID," he said in a tweet, adding he had taken a rapid lateral flow test, and was awaiting confirmatio...
17 Jul, 2021, 06.54 PM IST
Rising UK COVID cases are 'serious, serious concern', Boris Johnson saysBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to set out on Monday whether a planned lifting of coronavirus restrictions can go ahead on...
12 Jun, 2021, 06.27 PM IST
'Pivotal moment' as Britain set to roll out AstraZeneca vaccineSix hospitals in England will administer the first of around 530,000 doses Britain has ready. The programme will be expanded to hundreds of...
04 Jan, 2021, 01.31 PM IST
UK GDP collapsed nearly 20% in Q2 in historic Covid hitGross domestic product shrank by 19.8% in the three months to June compared with the first quarter, slightly less than the initial 20.4% es...
30 Sep, 2020, 12.57 PM IST